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New research on how electronics can affect the performance of your avalanche ...
ESPN
... keep your cell phone at least 16 inches from your beacon. As skiers pack on more cameras, cell phones and other communication devices for a day in the backcountry, electronic interference with avalanche transceivers has become a pertinent safety issue.
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ESPN
Samsung expects to ship a half billion phones in 2013
Los Angeles Times
Samsung is looking to eclipse its 2012 sales record by shipping more than a half billion phones in 2013. To be exact, Samsung is planning to ship 510 million phones next year, according to The Korea Times. That would represent a 20% increase over the ...
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Reverse Phone Search for Cell Phones Now Added by Phone Detective
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Reverse phone search for U.S. based cell phones has been added online by PhoneDetective.com. The online database now includes cell phone numbers to help adults that are verifying or searching for a specific number to receive information about who ...
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San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Obama called Congressional leaders for update on fiscal cliff negotiations
The Hill (blog)
"The Speaker told the president that the Senate must now act, which is what he also told him in their Friday phone call," the Boehner aide said. "He also reaffirmed to the president that the House has already acted to avert the entire fiscal cliff." On ...
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Phones out in several Oswego County government offices
Syracuse.com
Those affected include the Public Safety Center and Department of Motor Vehicles Office in Oswego. People who are making incoming phone calls to those departments are receiving a busy signal. E-mail functions are not affected. Verizon has been notified ...
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Samsung plans to ship a half billion phones in 2013
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
For comparison, Apple has said in regulatory filings that it sold approximately 120 million iPhones in fiscal 2012. Assuming that number doesn't increase in 2013 (it will) and assuming Samsung hits its sales goals (uncertain, as they rely partially on ...
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Smaller tablets, bigger phones among mobile trends for 2013
Tulsa World
"When the first giant-sized phones came out, the 4-inch-plus screens, people - myself included - were a little skeptical, and now it feels like people are really embracing them," he said. The shift in attitude reinforces the idea that people "use the ...
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Samsung says it will ship half a billion phones in 2013
Christian Science Monitor
Samsung may be the biggest phone maker in the world, but it's not resting on its laurels: the Korean company announced on Wednesday that it expects to ship 510 million handsets in 2013, three-quarters of which will be smart phones. Skip to next ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Nokia's Lumia Sells at Discounts
Wall Street Journal
Nokia spokesman Doug Dawson said in an email that "pricing is always a carrier decision, but holiday season promotions are fairly standard at this time of year." He noted that Samsung Electronics Co. phones are also being offered for free in some markets.
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Wall Street Journal
Spaniards ditch mobile phones in droves
IntoMobile
It's a looming recession in Spain and it's no surprise that more and more people are ditching their (secondary?) mobile phones. In fact, during the month of October, some 486,000 phones were cut off, representing a 3.8% year-on-year drop in mobile ...
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